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Remember Digg? It’s Getting a Reboot, Thanks to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian
The early social media platform is under new ownership following an investment from Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six fund and original founder Kevin Rose.Inc. - 21h -
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian joins bid to acquire TikTok
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has joined billionaire Frank McCourt’s bid to acquire TikTok as a strategic adviserABC News - 22h -
Reddit co-founder says Meta’s end to third-party fact-checking is ‘very pragmatic’
"It is impossible to do fact-checking at scale, let alone in real time, as Facebook was trying to do," Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told CNBC.CNBC - Feb. 27 -
Digg founder teams up with former Reddit rival to buy and revive website
Content aggregator Digg is making a comeback thanks to a partnership with rival and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.CNBC - 11h -
WWE co-founder Linda McMahon confirmed as secretary of education
WWE co-founder Linda McMahon was confirmed as the U.S. secretary of education Monday night by a party line vote of 51-45.ABC News - 1d -
Why Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founders Want to Buy Their Company Back From Unilever
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are reportedly looking to reacquire the beloved ice cream brand, claiming its corporate owner has muzzled the company’s social activism.Inc. - 5d -
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak blasts Musk's DOGE over 'sledgehammer' approach to government layoffs
Apple co-founder slammed the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, over mass job cuts at various government agencies.CNBC - 16h -
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Criticizes DOGE and Elon Musk’s Management Style
“It’s not good for a business to run that way,” Wozniak said of recent DOGE mass firings.Inc. - 13h -
These Founders Are Reinventing Black Haircare
Banana fibers, recycling, and biodegradable collagen are just a few of the materials replacing plastic.Inc. - Feb. 19 -
WATCH: Actors reunite with past co-stars at the Oscars
Actress Isabella Rossellini honored the late David Lynch by bringing her “Blue Velvet” co-star Laura Dern as her date to the Oscars, nearly 40 years after their film hit theaters.ABC News - 2d -
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses fraud appeal
Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her blood-testing company.BBC News - Feb. 25 -
Millennium’s billionaire founder explores expanding ownership to executives
Izzy Englander still owns 100% of one of the world’s top hedge fundsFinancial Times - 12h -
From Google DeepMind to Skims and Reddit, Paris Hilton to Naomi Watts, Changemakers have a new model for success
CNBC's annual Changemakers list identifies unique women leadership success stories, from Paris Hilton to Jennifer Garner and Google DeepMind.CNBC - Feb. 24 -
US not co-sponsoring UN resolution supporting Ukraine: report
The U.S. is reportedly refusing to co-sponsor a draft U.N. resolution marking three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, signaling weakening U.S. political support for Ukraine as President ...The Hill - Feb. 21 -
Investors told of golden age of US-Saudi co-operation at Miami conference
Trump is strengthening bonds with the oil-rich kingdom as he strains ties with other traditional alliesFinancial Times - Feb. 23 -
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Hooker out of UFC 313 co-main event vs. Gaethje
Dan Hooker has withdrawn from his UFC 313 fight vs. Justin Gaethje due to a hand injury. The fight was scheduled to be the co-headliner of the March 8 event in Las Vegas.ESPN - Feb. 25 -
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Michelle Trachtenberg's "Buffy" co-stars, others react to her death
Cast members of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Gossip Girl" and more are remembering their co-star Michelle Trachtenberg after the news of her death.CBS News - 6d -
Visions Of Mana Co-Director Opens Studio, Bemoans Management Shirking Responsibility
Kenji Ozawa, the co-director on Visions of Mana, has started a new studio called Studio Sasanqua after Ouka Studio was shut down by NetEase last year. He's also calling out how management's poor ...GameSpot - 2d -
Co-op admits unlawfully blocking rival store openings
The grocer admits breaching an order aimed at giving shoppers choice and access to the cheapest prices.BBC News - 19h -
This Founder Left OpenAI to Launch a Competitor. It Aims to Bring AI to the Masses
Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former CTO, has taken the wraps off her new company, Thinking Machines Lab. Here’s what to know about its goals.Inc. - Feb. 19 -
Startup founders are turning to 'seed-strapping' in a difficult funding environment
Seed-strapping is the "Goldilocks version" of bootstrapping and venture capital, Josh Payne of OpenSky Ventures tells CNBC.CNBC - Feb. 23 -
Ken Rosenthal, Founder of Panera Bread’s Forerunner, Dies at 81
He built a small chain of bakery cafes, with sourdough bread as its star. A few years after it was sold, it became nationally famous under a new name.The New York Times - Feb. 24 -
Trump's dangerous theory on birthright citizenship contradicts the Founders' goals
By its own terms, the 14th Amendment applies to “all persons” born in the United States, disqualifying no one by parentage.The Hill - Feb. 24 -
US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s conviction
Holmes, who is serving nine years, attempted to overturn conviction over multimillion-dollar investor fraud scandal. A US court upheld the conviction of the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes ...The Guardian - Feb. 24 -
5 Indispensable Tech Tools I Use as a Busy Founder and CEO
From AI chatbots to futuristic sunglasses, these tools are now a part of my day-to-day life.Inc. - 6d -
Can hedge funds prosper without their star trader founders?
Two of the biggest names in global macro trading, Alan Howard and Chris Rokos, embody differing approaches to legacyFinancial Times - 1d -
Female founders in the U.S. VC ecosystem: the good and the bad | Pitchbook
Women founders and investors raised $38.8 billion in funding in the U.S. in 2024, up 27% from the year before, according to PitchBook.VentureBeat - 3h -
How Google’s New AI Co-Scientist Tool Gives Us a Taste of Tomorrow’s Workplace
Scientists often use sophisticated technology, so an AI tool designed to help them begin new investigations may see broad take-up among the community. It’s also a hint of how many other workplaces ...Inc. - Feb. 21 -
Dark Souls 3 Seamless Co-Op Mod Lets You And Your Friends Fight To The End
Fires fade, but From Software's Dark Souls 3 remains popular among the franchise's fans nearly a decade after it was originally released. And while Dark Souls 3 does include co-op, it's limited ...GameSpot - Feb. 25 -
Top finance ministers snub G20 as global co-operation comes under strain
Officials from US, China, Japan, India and Brazil among those who will not attend this week’s meetings in Cape TownFinancial Times - Feb. 26 -
Obvious Ventures, co-founded by Twitter's Evan Williams, plans to raise $400 million fund
Obvious Ventures plans to raise $400 million for its latest fund, according to a filing with the SEC.CNBC - Feb. 26 -
Judge dismisses racketeering indictment against New Jersey Democratic power broker, co-defendants
A state judge on Wednesday agreed to toss out racketeering charges against New Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross and those charged alongside him.NBC News - Feb. 27 -
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Berkshire, Rocket Cos. units
The moves are the latest sign of the abrupt shift at the agency since acting CFPB director Russell Vought took over this monthCNBC - 5d -
‘Standing up against the devil’: how the far right tried to co-opt Dietrich Bonhoeffer biopic
In the US, Todd Komarnicki’s biopic of the theologian murdered by the Nazis was marketed using Maga rhetoric. The film-maker explains the heartbreak this caused him. A Hollywood veteran’s biopic ...The Guardian - 22h -
Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down
Breeze Liu has been a prominent advocate for victims. But even she struggled to scrub nonconsensual intimate images and videos of herself from the web.Wired - Feb. 20 -
How a national-security review made AppLovin America’s hottest stock — and its founders billionaires
Who says government can’t create wealth? CFIUS, an obscure panel playing an increasing market role, blocked the sale of AppLovin years before a stock-market bonanza.MarketWatch - Feb. 21 -
Federal court denies Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes appeal to overturn fraud conviction
On Monday, a California federal appeals court denied Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' plea to have her 2022 fraud conviction overturned. Holmes and her former partner are serving prison time over ...CBS News - Feb. 25 -
A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection
Cloud “container” defenses have inconsistencies that can give attackers too much access. A new company, Edera, is taking on that challenge and the problem of the male-dominated startup world.Wired - Feb. 25
